Quotes About Nature

Sermons in stones and good in every thing.

The sun will set without thy assistance.

Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away hunger.

I wish I were with some of the wild people that run in the woods, and know nothing about accomplishments!

The instinct of ownership is fundamental in man's nature.

The desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

They shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree.

In the ant's house, the dew is a flood.

And what's a butterfly? At best, He's but a caterpillar, drest.

Nature, like man, sometimes weeps for gladness.

A rainbow in the morning Is the Shepherd's warning; But a rainbow at night Is the Shepherd's delight.

Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you're a vegetarian.

In nature there are neither rewards or punishments-there are consequences.

You never conquer a mountain. You stand on the summit a few moments; then the wind blows your footprints away.

Nature is what you may do. There is much you may not do.

Why are we surprised when fig trees bear figs?

Nothing which is at all times and in every way agreeable to us can have objective reality. It is of the very nature of the real that it should have sharp corners and rough edges, that it should be resistant, should be itself. Dream-furniture is the only kind on which you never stub your toes or bang your knee.

What the reason of the ant laboriously drags into a heap, the wind of accident will collect in one breath.

A rose is a rose is a rose.

All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.

What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing-to live in accord with his own nature.

'Tis a gift to be simple, 'tis a gift to be free. 'Tis a gift to come round to where we ought to be. And when we find a place that feels just right, We will be in the valley of love and delight.

Mountains should be climbed with as little effort as possible and without desire. The reality of your own nature should determine the speed. If you become restless, speed up. If you become winded, slow down. You climb the mountain in an equilibrium between restlessness and exhaustion. Then, when you're no longer thinking ahead, each footstep isn't just a means to an end, but a unique event in itself.

Skills vary with the man. We must... strive by that which is born in us.